Saturday night Greeley policed ended up arresting a man for possession of drugs who originally called the police himself, fearful of a kidnapping.

About 10:20 p.m. Saturday, Greeley police responded to the lobby of the Greeley Police Department, 2875 10th St., on a report of a man who felt someone was actively trying to kidnap him.

When police arrived, they found a man, later identified as a 50-year-old transient named Monroe Johnson, waving his hands and a machete back and forth above his head while speaking nonsensically, according to a news release from the Greeley Police Department.

Officers convinced Johnson to drop the machete. During a pat-down search for additional weapons, and an officer found what they suspected was narcotics and arrested him.

The police investigation revealed Johnson was under the influence of some type of narcotic and that his information about someone trying to kidnap him was delusional, according to the release. Authorities booked Johnson into Weld County Jail on suspicion of possession of schedule II narcotics.